is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
what do you want?; can I help you?
surname; family name; last name
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
time; hour; period; class
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
history of Japan; Japanese history
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
such; like that; that sort of; very
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
myself; yourself; I; me; you
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially